| Summary: | 碩士 === 朝陽科技大學 === 建築及都市設計研究所 === 95 === In recent years, many countries have aggressively promoted, with the aim to give more control and participating opportunities to local communities on the development and management in ecotourism, as well as to share most of the profits. Currently, eco-communities in Taiwan have been developed sustainably for a number of years. The community-based ecotourism developed by eco-community emphasizes on the autonomy of the community and the necessity of the participation by and management of local resident. However, due to the lack of understanding on the actual needs of the residents and inability to realize the participation mechanism, the results are undermined. This study aims to understand the relationship among “recognition concerning the eco-community”, “attitudes toward the ecotourism development of the community”, “willingness to participate the community-based ecotourism”, “means of participating in the community-based ecotourism”, and “basic attributes of the residents”. Questionnaire survey was adopted to collect data from the local residents.
The results showed that:
1) Residents of different attributes have significant difference in the “recognition concerning the eco-community”, “attitudes toward the participating the community-based ecotourism”, “willingness to participate the community-based ecotourism”, “means of participating in the community-based ecotourism”.
2) The residents’ recognition concerning the eco-community is significantly correlated with “recognition concerning the eco-community”, “attitudes toward the participating the community-based ecotourism”, and “direct participation” in the “means of participating in the community-based ecotourism”.
3) The residents’ recognition concerning the eco-community is significantly correlated with the “attitudes toward the participating the community-based ecotourism” and “direct participation” in the “means of participating in the community-based ecotourism”.
4) The residents’ attitudes toward the participating the community-based ecotourism is significantly correlated with the “direct participation” and “investment-based participation” in the “means of participating in the community-based ecotourism”.
The results showed that although living in eco-community, the residents’ recognition on eco-community and community-based ecotourism is insufficient. Therefore, enhancing residents’ recognition may strengthen their positive participating attitude can promote their willingness to participate. Also, the study showed that the residents have higher tendency in “providing related service and marketing” in the “direct participation”, which indicates that the residents are rather conservative in the means of participating in the community-based ecotourism. Therefore, appropriate residents’ participation is conducive to means of participation and diverse development.
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